Jansson

Jansson is a Swedish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Jan", derived from Johannes, a cognate of John. There are alternate Belgian, German, Dutch, Danish, Latvian and Norwegian spellings. Jansson is rare as a given name.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 86.2% of all known bearers of the surname Jansson were residents of Sweden, 5.1% of Finland, 2.9% of the United States and 1.7% of Norway.

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:199) in the following counties:

• 1. Uppsala (1:75)
• 2. Värmland (1:77)
• 3. Örebro (1:99)
• 4. Dalarna (1:101)
• 5. Västmanland (1:109)
• 6. Gävleborg (1:125)
• 7. Södermanland (1:141)

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,893) in the following regions:

• 1. Åland Islands (1:40)
• 2. Ostrobothnia (1:545)
• 3. Central Ostrobothnia (1:1,096)
• 4. Southwest Finland (1:1,209)
• 5. Uusimaa (1,782)

Surname

Jansson

Origin
Word/name	Scandinavian
Meaning	"son of Jan"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Janson, Jenson, Jansons/Jansone

• Augusta Jansson (1859 – 1932), Swedish entrepreneur
• Bengt Jansson (born 1943), former Swedish international speedway rider
• Börje Jansson (born 1942), Swedish chess player
• Camilla Sköld Jansson (born 1957), Swedish politician
• Erik Jansson (1808–1850), leader of a Swedish pietist sect that emigrated to the United States in 1846
• Erik Jansson (cyclist) (1907–1993), Swedish, Olympic road racing cyclist
• Folke Jansson (1897–1965), Swedish, Olympics triple jump
• Gustaf Jansson (1922–2012), Swedish, Olympic marathoner
• Helena Jansson (born 1985), Swedish orienteer
• Herold Jansson (1899–1965), Danish, Olympic gymnast and diver
• Jan-Magnus Jansson (1922–2003), Finnish politician
• Jan Janssonius (1588–1664), also known as Jan Jansson, Dutch cartographer
• Jan Jansson (footballer) (born 1968), Swedish
• Jesper Jansson (born 1971), Swedish football player
• Jimmy Jansson (born 1985), Swedish singer and songwriter
• John Jansson (1892–1943), Swedish, Olympic diver
• Karl Emanuel Jansson (1846–1874), Finnish artist
• Lars Jansson (composer), (born 1951), Swedish composer
• Marlena Jansson (born 1970), Swedish orienteering competitor
• Mats Jansson (born 1951), Swedish, Chief Executive Officer of SAS Group
• Mikael Jansson (born 1965), Swedish politician
• Nanna Jansson (born 1983), Swedish, Olympic ice hockey medalist
• Pontus Jansson (born 1991), Swedish footballer
• Roger Jansson (born 1943), Finnish politician
• Tommy Jansson (1952–1976), Swedish motorcycle speedway rider
• Tove Jansson (1914–2001), Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author
• Ulrik Jansson (born 1968), former Swedish footballer
• Viktor Jansson (1886–1958), Finnish sculptor

Given name

Jansson

Gender	Male
Other names
Variant form(s)	Jan

• Jansson Stegner (born 1972), American artist

Software

Jansson, a C language cross platform (including Unix, and Windows) package capable of encoding, decoding and manipulating JSON data

See also

• Janson
• Jenson